R Architecture has designed a new home in Melbourne, Australia, that includes an exterior clad in slate shingles. The black Spanish Slate shingles that cover this home, are softened by natural Iron Ash timber elements, as well as perforated aluminum screens and windows in a charcoal powder coat. The shingles
Collingridge And Smith Architects has completed Kakapo Creek, an early learning centre for up to 100 children in Auckland, New Zealand. Founded on the idea of Nga Hau E Wha, the four winds, being symbolic as a meeting place for people from all backgrounds. This idea is embodied in the
AM-arqstudio has completed a new house in Braga, Portugal, for a couple that wanted to create a social atmosphere, with interior areas interacting with the outdoors. An interesting design feature of the outdoor space is the concrete patio that wraps around the side of the house and includes hidden LED
The new building of the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest, Hungary, opened this week. A remarkable design feature is its curved shape that’s topped with a large green roof. Designed by Marcel FERENCZ of Napur Architect, the building has gently curving lines that enable the building to function as a
Nestled on an oceanfront mountain top, ‘The Wandering Walls’ is a striking 8-room retreat defined by rugged curved concrete walls and sweeping panoramic views of the ocean. Designed by Taipei-based practice XRANGE Architects, the project seamlessly blurs the boundaries between architecture and landscape. Sitting among tall grasses and acacia trees,
Christian Brailey Architects has designed this renovation and addition for a house in England, that transformed a studio flat into a home for an architect and landscape designer duo, Christian Brailey and Faye Johnson. The extension, which is clad in Canadian Douglas Fir slats, forms a new L-shaped space that
May 24, 2022 ZAKAA Architecture has sent us photos of their latest project, a new house in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, that features a series of curved walls that form alcoves. The architects wanted to design a house for their clients by not copying what has already been built thousands of times
Post Architecture Inc. has shared with us their latest project, a contemporary farmhouse-inspired home in Toronto, Canada. The home is a replacement of an old house that was on the property, with the new design including a two-story white gabled structure, as well as flat-roofed additions on three sides. Exterior
May 21, 2022 Golucci Interior Architects has completed a small café in Shanghai, China, that’s been designed to interact with the street. Working with a limited space of 322 square feet (30m2), the designers created a wood box as a facade that can be opened and closed. The cafe is
Photography by Bicubik Photography Leppanen Anker Arquitectura has completed a new house in Los Chillos, Ecuador, that takes inspiration from the surrounding environment. The architects decided to bring back the use of wood, stone, and clay but with a contemporary mindset, resulting in a home that would feel light and
Magic can result when architect and client have known each other for two decades and when both are willing to take the time to consider the best way to renovate a sprawling Upstate New York estate. Architect Niels Schoenfelder of Mancini Enterprises and client Beverly Kerzner spent countless days and
May 17, 2022 Circle Studio Architects has sent us photos of one of their completed projects, a new house addition for a home in Melbourne, Australia. Glazed tiles act as a creative design feature on this house, a choice that is not often seen as an exterior material on houses.
